Methods, systems, articles of manufacture, and apparatus to monitor the availability of products for purchase
Methods, systems, articles of manufacture, and apparatus to monitor the availability of products for purchase are disclosed. An apparatus includes a communications interface to receive market data from data collectors, the market data including stock status data indicative of different stock statuses for a product in different retail establishments. The apparatus further includes a reward profile analyzer reduce error in collection of the stock status data by: generating a reward profile for the market data, the reward profile to define different reward levels for different types of the stock statuses indicated by the stock status data; determining a distribution of rewards among the different data collectors based on the reward profile and different portions of the market data provided by corresponding ones of the different data collectors; and providing the rewards to the different data collectors based on the distribution.
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a purchasing behavior data analyzer to:
track consumer purchasing behavior corresponding to a product;
identify a deviation trend corresponding to the consumer purchasing behavior; and
associate the product with the deviation trend;
a communications interface to receive market data from different data collectors via network communications from reporting devices associated with the different data collectors, the market data including stock status data indicative of different stock statuses for the product in different retail establishments, the purchasing behavior data analyzer to, in response to the deviation trend, verify whether respective ones of the different stock statuses for the product caused the deviation trend; and
a reward profile analyzer to further investigate the deviation by causing collection of additional stock status data by:
generating a reward profile for the market data corresponding to the product, the reward profile to define different reward levels for different types of the different stock statuses indicated by the stock status data;
determining a distribution of reward information to be transmitted to the reporting devices corresponding to the different data collectors based on the reward profile; and
providing the reward information to the reporting devices corresponding to the different data collectors based on the distribution and the verification.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the distribution of the reward information is a first distribution of first rewards, the reward profile analyzer to determine a second distribution of second reward information among the retail establishments based on the reward profile.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the market data is first market data and the reward information includes first rewards, the apparatus further including a market data analyzer to determine, based on an analysis of the first market data, to obtain additional market data corresponding to the product in additional retail establishments, the reward profile analyzer to:
update the reward profile based on the analysis of the first market data; and
distribute additional reward information for the additional market data based on the updated reward profile.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the different stock statuses include an out-of-stock status, a partially stocked status, and a fully stocked status.
5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the reward profile is to define a first reward level for the out-of-stock status, a second reward level for the partially stocked status, and a third reward level for the fully stocked status, the first reward level to be greater than either the second or third reward levels.
6. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the reward profile is to define a first reward level for the out-of-stock status, a second reward level for the partially stocked status, and a third reward level for a fully stocked status, the third reward level to be greater than either the first or second reward levels.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a first type of the stock statuses identified by a provider of the product as being of greatest interest to the provider corresponds to a greatest reward level defined in the reward profile.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the reward profile is a first reward profile, the market data to include purchasing behavior data indicative of a purchase of the product by a consumer, the reward profile analyzer to generate a second reward profile for the market data, the reward profile to define different reward levels for different types of purchases indicated by the purchasing behavior data, the different types of purchases including a product/brand loyal purchase and a deviation from a product/brand loyal purchase.
9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the second reward profile is to define a first reward level for the product/brand loyal purchase and a second reward level for the deviation from the product/brand loyal purchase, the first reward level to be less than the second reward level.
10. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to at least:
track consumer purchasing behavior corresponding to a product;
identify a deviation trend corresponding to the consumer purchasing behavior;
associate the product with the deviation trend;
obtain market data from different data collectors via network communications from reporting devices associated with the different data collectors, the market data including stock status data indicative of different stock statuses for the product in different retail establishments;
in response to the deviation trend, verify whether respective ones of the different stock statuses for the product caused the deviation trend;
investigate the deviation by causing collection of additional stock status data;
generate a reward profile for the market data corresponding to the product, the reward profile to define different reward levels for different types of the different stock statuses indicated by the stock status data;
determine a distribution of reward information to be transmitted to the reporting devices corresponding to the different data collectors based on the reward profile; and
provide the reward information to the reporting devices corresponding to the different data collectors based on the distribution and the verification.
11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the distribution of the reward information is a first distribution of first rewards, the instructions to further cause the machine to determine a second distribution of second rewards among the retail establishments based on the reward profile.
12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the market data is first market data and the reward information includes first rewards, the instructions to further cause the machine to:
determine, based on an analysis of the first market data, to obtain additional market data corresponding to the product in additional retail establishments;
update the reward profile based on the analysis of the first market data; and
distribute additional reward information for the additional market data based on the updated reward profile.
13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the different stock statuses include an out-of-stock status, a partially stocked status, and a fully stocked status.
14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the reward profile is to define a first reward level for the out-of-stock status, a second reward level for the partially stocked status, and a third reward level for the fully stocked status, the first reward level to be greater than either the second or third reward levels.
15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the reward profile is to define a first reward level for the out-of-stock status, a second reward level for the partially stocked status, and a third reward level for a fully stocked status, the third reward level to be greater than either the first or second reward levels.
16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein a first type of the stock statuses identified by a provider of the product as being of greatest interest to the provider corresponds to a greatest reward level defined in the reward profile.
17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the reward profile is a first reward profile, the market data to include purchasing behavior data indicative of a purchase of the product by a consumer, the instructions to further cause the machine to generate a second reward profile for the market data, the reward profile to define different reward levels for different types of purchases indicated by the purchasing behavior data, the different types of purchases including a product/brand loyal purchase and a deviation from a product/brand loyal purchase.
18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the second reward profile is to define a first reward level for the product/brand loyal purchase and a second reward level for the deviation from the product/brand loyal purchase, the first reward level to be less than the second reward level.
19. A method, comprising:
tracking, by executing an instruction on at least one processor, consumer purchasing behavior corresponding to a product;
identifying, by executing an instruction on the at least one processor, a deviation trend corresponding to the consumer purchasing behavior;
associating, by executing an instruction on the at least one processor, the product with the deviation trend;
obtaining market data from different data collectors via network communications from reporting devices associated with the different data collectors, the market data including stock status data indicative of different stock statuses for the product in different retail establishments, in response to the deviation trend, verify whether respective ones of the different stock statuses for the product caused the deviation trend;
investigating, by executing an instruction on the at least one processor, the deviation by causing collection of additional stock status data;
generating, by executing an instruction on the at least one processor, a reward profile for the market data corresponding to the product, the reward profile to define different reward levels for different types of the stock statuses indicated by the stock status data;
determining, by executing an instruction on the at least one processor, a distribution of reward information to be transmitted to the reporting devices corresponding to the different data collectors based on the reward profile; and
providing, by executing an instruction on the at least one processor, the reward information to the reporting devices corresponding to the different data collectors based on the distribution and the verification.
20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the distribution of the reward information is a first distribution of first rewards, the method further including determining a second distribution of second rewards among the retail establishments based on the reward profile.